Predisposing factors and clinical features of eczema herpeticum: A retrospective analysis of 100 cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 198-205

  Wollenberg, Andreas ^a   Zoch, Claudia ^b   Wetzel, Stefanie ^b   Plewig, Gerd ^b   Przybilla, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLISTER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037550305     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00896-X     Document Type: Article

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